Periphery Nouns
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Noun inflections and affixes
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2. Periphery Nouns
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3. Periphery numbers
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4. Periphery Pronouns
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5. Periphery Verbs
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Nouns can be inflected with affixes for case, number, and determiners; and there can be various affixes and clitics for things like derivations, compounding, etc. The basic slot order is:
determiner - derivation(s) - NOUN - derivation(s) - case - number
Various determiners can be specified with a prefix:
| Article | Prefix |
|---|---|
| INDEFIndefinite a nonspecific referent (a) | |
| DEFDefinite "the" (the) | |
| PROXProximal (proximity) close to speaker (this/these) | |
| DISTDistal (proximity) far from speaker (and addressee) (that/those) |
Ulyan nouns inflect for case (AGN, PTN, BEN, AFFC, INSTC, CAU, POSS, LOC, LAT, TEMP, ABL, ALL, VIA, EXIST). In some cases these may be stacked
| CASE | GLOSS | AFFIX | Meaning/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agentive | AGNAgentive (case) active or volitional case | Active, volitional agent | |
| Patientive | PTNPatientive (case) passive or nonvolitional case | Passive, nonvolitional participant | |
| Benefactive | BENBenefactive (case) recipient of benefit | Recipient | |
| Affective | AFFCAffective (case) experiencer | Experiencer, e.g. sensory | |
| Instrumental/Comitive | INSTCInstrumental-comitative (case) 'with' (instrument and/or company) | Using tool, aid; or with company | |
| Causal | CAUCausal (case) 'because (of)' | Unvolitional cause/force, e.g. wind | |
| Possessive | POSSPossessive (case) owns, has | Possessor of following noun | |
| Locative | LOCLocative (case) 'in, on, at' etc | Static location | |
| Lative | LATLative (case) movement, towards | Dynamic location; movement | |
| Temporal | TEMPTemporal (case) specifying time (at one, on Monday, etc.) | "Location" in time | |
| Ablative | ABLAblative (case) away from | away, from, ahead (static, dynamic, or temporal) | |
| Allative | ALLAllative (case) 'to, onto' | toward, to, behind (static, dynamic, or temporal) | |
| Vialis | VIAVialis (case) route, manner [along] | route, manner (static, dynamic, or temporal) | |
| Existential | EXISTExistential (case) 'there is' | 'there is' |
Nouns may be singular or plural.
| NUMBER | GLOSS | AFFIX |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | SGSingular (number) one countable entity | |
| Plural | PLPlural (number) more than one/few |
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